The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate. Security is essential for a CMS. The newer “headless” CMS, running in the cloud, contains everything but the presentation system. Best security practices.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Within the last week we have identified 655,0000 QR codes for our customers, of which 1,000 contained suspicious text and 8,000 came from a domain with a low rank (a freemail or a new email address, which are both flags for malicious senders). Best practices So how do you defend your enterprise against QR code phishing attacks?

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Heimadal Security

MAY 6, 2022

The 326-paged document contains guidelines on software security evaluation, and best security practices for suppliers and […]. The post NIST Releases Advisory Guide on Supply Chain Attack Protection appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Natalie Silva, lead cyber security engineer at Immersive Labs, told eSecurity Planet that the Word vulnerability in particular poses a high risk, noting that the Preview Pane is a potential attack vector. “Therefore, applying the provided security updates promptly is strongly recommended to mitigate potential risks.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Microsoft has fixed the Azurescape issue, a flaw in Azure Container Instances that allows to take over containers of other platform users. Microsoft has addressed a vulnerability in Azure Container Instances (ACI) called Azurescape that could have allowed a malicious container to take over containers belonging to other users.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The security issues were reported to IBM Cloud in late August, and were patched in early September. ” In the case of Hell’s Keychain, the three keychain secrets were a Kubernetes service account token, a private container registry password, and CI/CD server credentials. SQL Injection and Container Registry Scraping.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

NextGen Healthcare suffered a data breach, the security incident exposed the personal information of approximately 1 million individuals. is an American software and services company that develops and sells electronic health record (EHR) software and practice management systems to the healthcare industry. NextGen Healthcare, Inc.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

In this blog, we will delve into the potential risks associated with AI and the importance of implementing robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard against these threats. Develop incident response plans to mitigate and contain any breaches or attacks swiftly.

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SiteLock

APRIL 14, 2021

After all, when files containing sensitive information are being loaded to the internet, it’s important to make sure this content is only accessed by authorized users. The post Cloud Security Best Practices appeared first on The SiteLock Blog. With that […].

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. Create security awareness for employees. One of the most important ways to protect against data breaches is to increase employee security awareness. Change passwords regularly.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

Aqua Security’s cloud security research team recently found thousands of registries and artifact repositories exposed online, revealing more than 250 million artifacts and over 65,000 container images. “However, this should never come at the expense of security.”

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Updating software Cisco Duo is all about cybersecurity, so every week we’re going to publish a blog focused on those respective topics. Most of us get that they are a “necessary evil” to protect our digital resources, most are aware that they have security flaws and most agree that they are N0T_FUN!

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2022

HR departments process vast amounts of sensitive information, so it’s essential that organisations take appropriate steps to secure that data. ISO 27001 is the international standard that describes best practice for implementing an ISMS (information security management system), and Annex A.7 which covers the termination.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 23, 2021

Therefore, using good password security and robust password policies is an excellent way for organizations to bolster their cybersecurity posture. Developing an effective reporting structure for key business stakeholders, leadership, and external entities showing compliance with strong password security policies is essential.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

Simply put, it’s the practice of ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to your sensitive information and online accounts. Update your Internet browser Browser updates often contain security patches that address known vulnerabilities. Instead, enter your credentials each time for added security.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2021

What are Secure Scorecards for open source projects? And how they help you produce secure software. While open-source code can make product development faster, it also comes with security risks. The organization provides security researchers a way to collaborate and address open source security supply chain issues.

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Software Risk Government Technology 83

McAfee

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Government and Private Sector organizations are transforming their businesses by embracing DevOps principles, microservice design patterns, and container technologies across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

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Architecture Risk Technology Digital transformation 87

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2023

The IT giant recommends installing the latest available Cumulative Update (CU) and Security Update (SU) on Exchange servers “There are too many aspects of unpatched on-premises Exchange environments that are valuable to bad actors looking to exfiltrate data or commit other malicious acts.”

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Social Engineering DNS Engineering Hacking 97

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This blog post will explore the reasons that ransomware sanctions may fall short and what actions organizations can do to protect against ransomware. Having a “ discover, protect, control ” mentality is the best bet for organizations to get back in charge of their internal resources and data. What Can Organizations Do?

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Ransomware Encryption Backups Accountability 77

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A security researcher on Monday said the recent ransomware attacks on hospital chains in Florida and Texas are tied to the Conti ransomware gang. One folder reportedly contains background checks on hospital employees and an Excel document has details on patient colonoscopies. Leon Medical said on Nov.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

In a blog post, Avanan said hackers are bypassing static link scanners by hosting their attacks on publicly-known services. According to Avanan blog, once the attacker publishes the lure, “Google provides a link with embed tags that are meant to be used on forums to render custom content.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 11, 2024

And all IT and security teams should follow vulnerability news for vendor bulletins and updates. JetBrains released a detailed blog post explaining the specific timeline of discovering the vulnerabilities, the conflict with Rapid7, and JetBrains’ stance on releasing vulnerability information. and iPadOS 17.4.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

Its best known brands are Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley. The threat actor released a 140GB database containing more than 300 million records. The researchers reported that the archive was containing 305.759.991 records (luxottica_nice.csv), with 74.417.098 unique email addresses and 2.590.076 unique domain emails.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

a so-called “nameless” undetected malware stole a database in the cloud that contained some 1.2 Researchers on Wednesday said a so-called “nameless” undetected malware stole a database in the cloud that contained some 1.2 All security controls are ultimately fallible. “All All security controls are ultimately fallible.

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Google Security

APRIL 30, 2024

Posted by Will Harris, Chrome Security Team Chromium's sandboxed process model defends well from malicious web content, but there are limits to how well the application can protect itself from malware already on the computer. This blog will also show how the logging works in practice by testing it against a python password stealer.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 5, 2022

How to Achieve Fast and Secure Continuous Delivery of Cloud-Native Applications. Security is a Key Challenge of Continuous Delivery at Scale. Security and visibility. Lack of best practices and security governance hurt your ability to audit and trace changes to your software and greatly reduces visibility into your environment.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2022

Microsoft security researchers recently observed web skimming campaigns that used multiple obfuscation techniques to avoid detection. The term web skimming refers to the criminal practice to harvest payment information of visitors of a website during checkout. Some skimming scripts also included anti-debugging mechanisms.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

In response to the security breach, the IT infrastructure of the city was shut down. “With reference to the serious hacker attack suffered in recent days on the technological infrastructures of the Municipality of Palermo, a series of activities have been put in place to contain the ransomware attack.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In an era of escalating cyber threats, enhancing network security is paramount. Highlighting best practices and their importance, it provides critical insights for organizations aiming to bolster their defenses and safeguard their data effectively.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 10, 2019

All The Hype About Containers. Why all the hype about containers? Containers are the evolution of the virtualization wave that sparked the emergence of public and private cloud. If your job description or title revolves around security, the answer is not so clear. The rest is real. Why the hesitation now?

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Engineering 52

Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” They may contain links to websites or login portals that mimic the real source, however they are designed to fool unsuspecting victims.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 9, 2024

However, not all organisations have had the means to invest in and manage the staffing and infrastructure required for a Security Operations Centre (SOC). MDR providers offer an all-in-one solution for organisations that combines people, processes, and technologies to strengthen security measures and reduce risk exposure.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

Why You Need Application Security Testing for Business-Critical Applications: Part 3. In this five part blog series, we discuss the importance of building secure business-critical applications with application security testing. maaya.alagappan. Thu, 06/23/2022 - 15:14.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The headlines immediately attempted to lay the blame, in large part, on the fact that Equifax’s chief information security officer was a music major and did not have a background in technology. In the absence of a law that contains prescriptive requirements (e.g., In the absence of a law that contains prescriptive requirements (e.g.,

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Top Educational Resources Building a more secure world starts with education. Offensive Security Vision Report 2023 Our top resource in 2023 was NetSPI’s Offensive Security Vision Report, a first-hand study that summarizes the top vulnerabilities by attack surface and much more.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The past week has been a busy one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, with 34 vulnerable Windows drivers and four Microsoft Exchange flaws heading a long list of security concerns. The Problem: Three flaws discovered by the Kubernetes security community carry CVSS severity scores of 7.6 vulnerability scoring system released last week.

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